WnW 1/32 Jeannin Stahltaube (1914)

[gedmundson]

You’ll slow down the advance of half of a Panzer Division because someone must bail out of every tank and get back in almost permanently to pick up tools that had fallen down again, but those clamps fit a Taube from WW1 quite well.
Andreas

Ha ha, don’t worry about my Panzer Divisions (or Sturmartillerie Battalions!) I have plenty of these things, Andreas 

[gedmundson]

The control horns look perfectly in scale and beautifully aligned. Did you cut a slot and feed them through?

Richie

Thanks Richie, the holes in the tail were drilled out bigger to accept the hasp halves from top and bottom since I had to remove a small amount from the middle of each one. The wings only have them on top, so I just deepened the holes to accept the half sections of hasp there, securing all with medium thick cyano.
Cheers,
Gary

[Tim Mixon]

Beautiful work on the interior and engine Gary. Very convincing turned metal engine enclosure. Clever idea for the control horn, they look as if they were included in the kit!

All the best,
Tim

[gedmundson]

Beautiful work on the interior and engine Gary. Very convincing turned metal engine enclosure. Clever idea for the control horn, they look as if they were included in the kit!

All the best,
Tim

Thanks for that, Tim. You're very kind 

Purchased for this kit were Copper State Models 3D printed spoked wheels A32-006 which are size 810X125. They nicely suited for the model and perhaps a bit better than the kit-supplied options. I had to trim the axle supports down a little to get them to fit.
Cheers,
Gary

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi Gary,
The wheels look great.
Hopefully they'll take the weight of the Taube OK.
It's good that wheels are being produced now to replace kit supplied parts.
'Copper State Models', 'Proper Plane', 'GasPatch' and of course 'Steve Robson',

Mike

[PJ Fisher]

those look killer

[Borsos]

Those printed wheels will look fantastic and are a great improvement over the (very nice) kit parts.
Andreas

[gedmundson]

After adding the horizontal stabilizer to the tail (which was an extremely tight fit!) I decided to rig up most of the aft section before putting the wings on. I'm using different types of turnbuckles - etched ones from RB productions, and both resin & metal ones from Gaspatch. Albion Alloys 0.5mm tubing is also handy for some of the fasteners. Also using EZ-Line along with 2-pound fishing line for various elements of the rigging. The copper clips add a nice amount of tension to the lines before securing with cyano.

My first WnW kit was the Fe2b, which had a lot of rigging, but it seemed straightforward and not as daunting as this Taube. This will be a long journey for me. Cheers!

[Gisbod]

Fab Gary,

Looks like you need to think this one through rather than shake n’ bake!

Guy

[RAGIII]

Incredible rigging work! Looks outstanding!!
RAGIII

[KiwiZac]

Your rigging is beautiful Gary, it looks just like the real thing. Magnificent work and I'm taking notes!

[RichieW]

Great start to the rigging Gary. It must be incredibly complex if the FE2b was relatively straightforward.

Richie

[Tim Mixon]

Oh my! That is just gorgeous.  Nice rigging and paintwork. 

[macsporran]

Staggering work, Gary. Magnificent build.
Sandy

[PrzemoL]

You are cruising, Gary. Thet tail rigging looks great. But I agree with you, rigging the FE2b was a breeze compared to this one